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In this video I react to British Special Forces training and how incredibly hard it is. Join me as I learn what it takes to make it through the British Special Air Service or SAS boot camp. This has to be the most intense Military training I've ever heard about.
This intensive British Special Forces training pushes candidates to their limits, physically, mentally and emotionally. For the few soldiers that make it through, they will become part of the British Special Air Service and be an elite defender of the UK.
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I wish you would watch a British film on this subject and not one of these terrible American animations which show "British" personnel in US style uniform/gear. It galls me to hear an American voice narrating films about British things, a British narrator would never have only mentioned England. These American made films are usually sorely lacking in correct detail. Our Special Forces protect the whole UK, British Overseas Territories, and any lands which come under British protection. Nobody can just apply to join the SAS/SBS, you have to be a serving member of the British Armed Forces to do so.
I switched off as soon as I heard it.
They don't have a clue.
Wolters world springs to mind 😂
'American Reacts' channels very rarely react to any videos made or narrated by Brits, and when they do, they pause every 3 seconds to correct everything said! It's a shame really
@@101steel4 Walter Mitty. Also check out Waltering.
"one of these terrible American animations which show "British" personnel in US style uniform/gear."
Thank God I'm not the ONLY one to get hacked off by that: British Special Forces - as portrayed by Disney!
What next - an animated depiction of the Black Death (enhanced by a 'wacky' commentary)?
And I, for one, find the gratuitous TOKENISM _especially_ irritating!
An SAS soldier would never carry a Mars candy bar or packet of potato chips, he may carry a Mars chocolate bar and possibly a packet of crisps.
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Naughty. 🙂
And you're sure of that ☢ Crisps in pub, yes, but they get smashed to smithereens in a pack and they make you thirsty. They are also bloody noisy to chomp on when things are quiet.
BRIT? Chips or crisps? They are a wee bit different as you know I'm sure.
@@aidencox790 Army ration packs often include chocolate of some type for the sugar needed but never crisps.
Look up Obi One Nairobi. An SAS operative who went single-handedly and saved a lot of people in a country in Africa.
One of the most famous counter-terrorism operations in history took place in 1980. Gunmen overran the Iranian Embassy in London and took hostages, but the crisis was resolved when the building was stormed by the SAS. This encounter is on TH-cam.
I remember watching on the news the day it happened. I watched it about 10 years ago too and was still amazed. Might go give it another watch now.
I saw this on TV, you really need watch this.
the film all about it is called 6 days starring jamie bell 👍
I remember watching the events unfold on Tv
I watched a good documentary on it. Talking to two of the hostages and one of the SAS, his identity hidden, of course. Well worth a watch.
th-cam.com/video/A4gtqS0yzbA/w-d-xo.html
A good SAS video to watch would be about Operation Nimrod - the Iranian Embassy siege.
hopefully he does the real version... not that trash cartoon one..
Yeah I remember that one The guy abseiled down the front of the building and threw some TNT through the balcony windows, I remember seeing it on the news back in the early 80's
The SAS and SBS are known as UKSF, UK special forces. The selection process lasts for about 6 months and to say that it is brutal would be an understatement. On average around 95% of all applicants will fail the test.
SAS (Special Air Service) is I think an Army unit, their specialty is air drop/parachute. The SBS (Special Boat Service) is basically the same except their specialty is amphibious, (small boats). Both get behind enemy lines and create "mischief", mayhem, intelligence gathering and whatever else they have been tasked with doing. They work closely with other spcial forces (Australian, New Zealand, America, etc) in whatever global area they find themselves. The SAS became well known during the Iranian Embassy siege in London some years ago/
@@terryloveuk Many more specialties that are refreshed on a circular time rota of (usually) about every 6 months depending . . .
@@terryloveuk Hi. Please don't use the word mischief even if you enclose it in inverted commas - I just had to glue my nuts back on with superglue. Mischief doesn't gel too well with aggression - so potent an aggression that it'd give towels or whatever an instant and severe heart attack. Storytime over 😎
@@aidencox790 Obviously, they need to keep current, but the "Air" and "Boat" designations are I think their main focus and also harp back to their original specialities.
@@aidencox790 Why not? I like the word mischief and it's been my passion all my life (nearly 71 years) as a way of overcoming boredom and annoy boring people... but nothing on the level of mischief the SAS/SBS can cook up when left to their own devices behind enemy lines.
Within the SAS you should be known as the “quiet man”. You do not want to stand out. If someone tells you they are ex SAS they almost certainly aren’t.
Most of the recruits come from the Royal Marines and the Parachute Regiment- already elite regiments.
A large portion come from regiments like the Royal Corps Of Signals, Royal Engineers and tech units. The Special Forces are not limited to any specific branch of the military.
As Mark says, you know very little about this regiment, Para reg are seen as the largest supplier to SAS, but they most certainly aren't some vast majority...Also trust me, more than enough of them will be more than willing to tell you they're special forces. (one of the key traits for special forces is over confidence, so some come across as kinda arrogant)
Or the 'Grey man' as typically referred to, meaning someone who just looks and acts like a standard person.
Marines SBS??.
@@davidroberts4398both SAS and SBS recruit from all services.
The Mars candy bar is certainly not just for morale, it's to replace blood sugars depleted during the hard march. I took part in the "Fan Dance" which is a civilian/commercial clone of one of the selection exercises used by the SAS. Approximately 24km at a fast march or running pace, in the mountains of Wales with a loaded bergen weighing 16kg. Many of the participants were pulled off the course and forcibly retired by the event staff due to signs of hypoglycaemia. The key is eat a little and often, if you wait to start to feel hungry or hypogylaemic then it's already too late.
Thanks for the insight! That makes sense
@@reactingtomyrootsUs Regular squaddies used to take mars bars/kendal mint cake with pro-plus tabs (caffeine) on Ex. All about the energy.
Hi Steve, you mentioned about failing the training whilst out in Welsh wilderness. Candidates have literally colapsed and died during this training due to this gruelling regime, there are more videos out there regarding SAS, SBS training.
Enjoying the vlogs
Hi Steve, check out the Iranian embassy siege in London where the SAS took out the hostage takers there is also footage of it as well .who Dares wins is there motto .
Thanks! Yes, someone else recommended that as well. I'll have to take a look.
@@reactingtomyroots If you find documentaries a little dull. there is a movie about the attack, and while it does take liberties with the truth. it was reasonably enjoyable. but if you want a documentary on British special operations tactics there was a show called 'SAS: survival secrets' and while it was made for TV, so they only cover surface details, with the finer tactical points glossed over slightly, they did have a lot of the guys that are well known for being in the special forces (big Phil, Chris Ryan, rusty, Macca, Eddie stone) as consultants, and Eddie himself is the narrator of the show and the main host. honestly was a good bit of TV, significantly better than the tripe on the box these days.
If you'd prefer something more actiony there is '6 Days' as mentioned, but there was also a TV series 'Ultimate force' and while it got very silly and soap operaish by the end (us military/private security guys used to call it 'Ultimate Farce' with how outlandish it got) but The first episode has a little bit of star power in it (has the weaselly guy from the tom jane punisher film, and the film 'the gentleman') and is a good look at the series to see if you'll enjoy it. as the first episode is a bank siege which is a nod towards operation nimrod in the Iranian embassy back in the 1980s. but it has plenty of British squaddie humour throughout.
though with ultimate force, have a feeling youll enjoy season 4 episode 3 called 'The dividing line' which is a episode of British and American special ops working together, with the usual friction that comes from cultural differences, but all coming together as a group with respect for each other by the end of it. Feel you might enjoy that episode, though it is in the 'silly' half of the production run. Season 1 is fairly realistic as they had a actual SAS guy consulting (Chris Ryan, he also makes appearances as a character in the episodes) but he left after season 2 and they killed off most of the cast cos the actors complained it was getting too silly. oddly the more bombastic and dramatic 3/4 seasons did much better in the states vs season 1/2 so you may enjoy the later ones a little more.
And a final recommendation if you want to have a good look at British military style of humour. i fully recommend the series 'Bluestone 42' was a very very funny series, and as a rarity actually fairly true to life. at least in terms of shenanigans and humour.
Steve, the process is so tough that just about every year a number of the recruits will actually die during the process of selection for the SAS or SBS.
This is true
They are The Best. Your original Delta Force were modelled on them and, I believe, trained by them.
Remember that the SAS also train in urban warfare, close protection details, assassination techniques and the more unsavoury sides of war (and sometime not in war). They are also taught to be 'grey men'; people that would be ignored on the street and not given a 2nd look.
Some of the roles you outlined there, would be undertaken or carried out by 14 INT, who served with distinction in Northern Ireland during the troubles. 14 INT (14 Intelligence Company) are the only UK Special Forces group to train and use female operatives in specific roles. I recommend The Operators by Michael Rennie - almost certainly not his real name. A cracking read....
You asked anyone who'd gone through this process to comment. In fact, anyone who has actually gone through it would not comment on it here - on pain of being dismissed on the spot if still in service - or facing other disciplinary action if retired.
Those who've done the most tend to say the least.
Yeah, good point :)
@@reactingtomyroots there are a few ex-SAS on TH-cam, Ant Middleton, Mark Billingham, Jason Fox, they've all done interviews after they did the SAS who dares wins tv series where they put people through an easier version of the SAS selection course
Thank you for making that plain for us mate 👌🫡 I just want to add, we cannot go into detail on our missions or what we’ve been through, It always bothers me when people say I’m lying about being in SAS when I don’t tell them everything.
Steve, please please take a look at "Obi One Nairobi' .... How one member of 22 squadron SAS went solo and saved dozens of civilians when terrorists stormed a hotel/mall in Nairobi.
22 refers to the whole unit, the regiment, not a squadron.
Yes they are U.K. forces. So many people refer to England when they mean the U.K.!
What this probably won’t show, is that once they’ve completed these marches they apply “sickeners” which is the candidates think they’ve finished, but they haven’t. That really tests the metal.
Their re real speciality is covert surveillance where they may lie up hidden for up to days without being found.
A friend of mine in the military some years ago thought he’d apply. He put the application in and his C.O. called him in, handed back the application and just said “Don’t embarrass yourself”. Ouch!
Ooooer!
Wow 😬
All on YTube. There was a UK tv series about SAS training, this is an excerpt - 'Ant Middleton's Most BRUTAL Moments | SAS: Who Dares Wins' which you might enjoy. Also I don't know if you've seen these - 'Jeremy Clarkson's The Victoria Cross: For Valour - the FULL documentary' and 'Jeremy Clarkson's the Greatest Raid of All - the FULL documentary | North One'
The 40 mile march is known as “long drag”. Worth noting it’s 40 miles as the crow flies. It’s essentially a point to point solo navigation test. All the test marches are solo except for the “fan dance” but that is at the end of the first week.
Also need to point out it’s not a winged dagger, it’s the sword Excalibur in flames. Excalibur is the legendary sword of King Arthur, all UK special forces have Excalibur in their badges.
Bit of a long one, Anyway the Mountain Rescue Team I was in was having a working weekend at a really small village fair, were we set up our equipment to show the locals, Ystradfellte is a small village with a number of waterfalls associated with its name, as well as us they had the centre for caving/spelunking , In the middle of the Brecon Beacons we well suited there and well we had a callout up the mountain from a Canadian Serviceman taking the Long Drag as it's called when we got to where the Canadian was he gave us quite accurate coordinates of a Soldier on the mountain with a Broken leg , and has he tried to hide a limp and follow us back up the mountains, but we had his Ankle checked out by a doctor on the team and he had broken it and wouldn't give up, well we drove drove him to the next checkpoint and they took him off us.. But back to the Soldier with a broken leg when the rest of the team had gotten to his coordinates he wasn't there and as this landscape was just peat bogs that were hell on your ankles and no vegetation till you got to the Valley floor he couldn't make a crutch so we followed drag mark in the peat and about a mile and half we found him still thinking he had a chance, reluctantly he got on the stretcher and we got him to the local hospital, later in the evening we had a visit from the Base Commander of the SAS at Hereford and bought us all a drink which was from a Pub in a living room of one of the houses in Ystradfellte served through a serving hatch would you believe lol understand this was across the mountain range were road go North to South and nothing going west to east and every road crossing there was a checkpoint and the mountain range was made up of a featureless vista with rocks in a bog strewn landscape which with every step played havoc on your achilles tendons with your heel sinking in the mud and they were walking 40 odd miles across it, later on we found out that the Hospital had about a dozen patients in off the mountain that day lol enjoyed that weekend sleeping under canvas with nights you couldn't see your hand in front of your face as it was that dark and when your eyes got used to the dark the amazing starscape and Milky Way... Story time over 😉
I'm a mountain runner, a fell runner as we call ourselves in the UK (from the old Norse fjall meaning mountain), and even though I've never been in the military fell running and the UK military have crossed paths many times in their history, a lot of my local modern day fell races started out as military training routes, such as the Welsh 1000m race, some of these races in their early days were actually organised and ran by the military still. So over the past few decades I've trained with many people training for the military and have several friends who are in service, never met any SAS, all I've trained with have been Royal Marine Commandoes and it's an honour to go running in the mountains with these guys, so tough and bloody minded, plus they have the best banter known to man so it's always a riot too!
the SBS (Special Boat Services) do the same training for selection, plus survival at sea and diving exercises.
the SAS do protect the whole of UK, but not everyone in it is born in Britain. there have been many Gurkha's in it over the years.
And SCS , well thats just a shite sofa store
The Iranian Embassy siege is well worth checking.
The most you’ll get video wise of actual SAS/SBS training is an outdated,dumbed down version.
Our special forces greatest strength is their mentality.
Cold on the battlefield,experts in many disciplines,they have absolute confidence in the fellas beside them.
Special doesn’t begin to cover it,and their anonymity adds to the mystique.
And when their service time is done they're treated like scrap iron that's not much more than a pile of rust and most are surveilled - even if they go to OZ or the US. Sometimes coming from a lousy background makes a very hard and dangerous soldier = pissed off, not PTSD'd. They may have been "Maggie's Boys" but that was then. The MoD sucks in men (and women) and spits them out as numbers when the gum has lost its flavour. (And I don't mean on the bedpost overnight!!) With apologies to Lonnie.
‘‘Twas ever thus.
These days though,exUK special forces make a very tidy living from the mega rich who need a minder or two.@@aidencox790
Ahh, the grey men! Andy McNabb & Chris Ryan have books.. They are out now but its good reading.
I was Royal Engineers as a reservist for a while.
It was only after I was out and I bumped into an old commanding officer in South Korea that he announced and produced his card, that he was SAS and I believed him, was built like a racing snake and hugely confident personality.
We were both reservists and I didn't know before I joined that the SAS even had a reservist regiment, these guys are a different breed! I now also have my suspicions about some of others during my basic training as we were trained in the Brecon Beacons in Wales close to the Regiment HQ. Makes me feel proud to be trained by the best.
"built like a racing snake". I like that!
I thought SAS members weren’t supposed to reveal their status?
I have no idea mate we were on a plane in South Korea and he asked the same question he asked me on my first day of basic training and I made the same friggin mistake....again, he laughed and I suppose it was a I remember you moment@@perceptoshmegington3371
They are not new recruits. They are often head hunted within the British military. Also there is the SBS. Special boat service.
They aren’t head hunted, they can all attempt SF selection after 3 years service. Have to volunteer
If you ever get a chance to watch Sir Ranulph Fiennes (the polar explorer) being interviewed on an episode of Top Gear it's well worth seeing. He went through SAS training. It's one of the funniest interviews I've ever seen.
My father was a royal marine and my grandfather was a sniper part of the Scottish Lovett Scouts who founded the ghillie suit.
@@octaviussludberry9016 it is not a claim that the grandfather or his contemporaries created the ghillie suit, only that he joined the outfit that did create it at some point in their history.
@@octaviussludberry9016 I'm 25, my father is in his early 60s and my grandfather died in his late 80s in 2009 i think
You should check out the British Gurkha intake trials
I have been part of the Hunter force as a Dog Handler on several exercises, the potential SAS trainees are taught how to evade the tracker dogs. During the lectures they are also given the opportunity to feel a bite through a padded sleeve.
A mile from where I live there is an estate that has army training areas as well as a series of fishing lakes. My son who was around 13 at the time as an avid angler used to camp for a week at a time carp fishing. The army exercises used to be there at the same time, they were on survival rations. A couple of them got chatting to my son who offered to go the local village shop to buy extra food for them!!! Armed with several shopping lists he walked the mile back to the village, did all the shopping, got me to drive him back and sold all the stuff for a good profit!! As we say here in the uk, “a nice little earner”!!!!
If you want to see a very cut back version of SAS selection, on the UK tv channel 4 is a program called "SAS: Who dares wins." It shows civilians going through it, and some of the endurance testing. I believe there is also a part that shows the 3 day escape and evasion portion.
Yes..Although an actual current SAS trainer is not impressed with the programme.
@@pamelsims2068 fair play, but it shows more than the animation did.
A video to review would be Jeremy Clarkson's documentary (I believe he made three.) concerning convoy PQ17.
40 yrs ago on a 80k escape and evasion exercise i sneaked into a German farm building thinking ide not been seen , to awake to a farmer and his wife stood with bread , cheese and coffee. so much for being covert..
The Greatest Raid of All is good watch,it's the beginning of the british commandos
The SAS are part of the Army. You need to watch them ending the Iranian Embassy siege, remember watching it live on TV. An amazing group of men.
I think history shows that the British armed forces are second to none. Just watching these training videos tires me out, although I was in the SAS ( the Saturday and Sunday brigade). 🙂
Yeah my weekends were endurance testing, poisoning (alcohol) and torture (the occasional start up band) .😂
I was in the army cadets that was saturdays.
It’s worth noting that the interrogation section happens immediately after 3 day escape and evasion so the candidate is cold, exhausted, hungry and stressed ready for interrogation.
The United Kingdom Special Forces (SAS) do not recruit directly from the general public. All current members of the UK Armed Forces can apply for Special Forces selection, but the majority of candidates have historically come from a Royal Marines or Parachute Regiment background. Selections are held twice a year. Typically only 10% of candidates make it through the initial selection process. From a group of approximately 200 successful candidates fewer than 30 will remain by the end. After the next 6 months of probation following the course even more will drop out and eventually only between 13 and 19 will get through to fully join the elite force.
Civilians can join by going through 21 or 23 (Reserve). The actor Lewis Collins applied from when he was in 10 Para TA Regt but was rejected as he was too famous
@@john9508 when I did my alpha training for the reserves there was an SAS intake in our group. Their fitness levels were insane. There was also an SAS applicant in my bravo training. He won the soldier's soldier award. He used to do triathlons, iron man competitions, fell running.
@@john9508 Yes secrecy is the byword, they remain as members of their old regiment/ship and never wear any SAS or SBS insignia in public for their own and family's safety from any terrorist.
@@tonys1636New Zealand SAS drive around in there uniforms because I've seen them when visiting
@@angelabushby1891 No UK serviceman/woman wears their uniform off base/ship when off duty as would be a target. They will often have a lapel pin or breast pocket badge of Regiment/Ship but nothing linked to the SAS/SBS.
I'd take that video with a pinch of salt - the Special Air Service do not show their training regime . A good video to watch is the one where British soldiers were held by rebels in Sierra Leone and the rescue came courtesy of the SAS .
when my grandad's bomber came down in the desert during WW2 they were picked up by the SAS & rescued,
You should do a reaction to "Obii Wan Nairobi" if you want to know what a single SAS mman can do.
Just Google him and do a reaction. Flipping amazing.
steve you should watch the video of richmond north yorks a walking tour if it’s medieval architecture this is for you
This video doesn't really do the selection process justice and it gets quite a few things wrong. It under-sells how difficult it is. It's much harder than what they've described. The Jungle Phase is like being on the hills phase again, only you have all the challenges of the jungle such as not being able to see more that 5m in front of you. The escape and evasion phase lasts longer than what they've said. And just because you make it to the end, it doesn't mean it's an automatic pass. They can still fail you. You get a maximum of 2 attempts under normal circumstances. One or two have been given 3rd attempts. It doesn't mention that you can't join as a civilian, you have to have served a few years first and then be authorized to go to selection by your RSM or similar. The SAS are part of the British Army, the SBS are part of the Royal Navy. SAS and SBS both go on the same selection, it's only after you pass selection that you'll go your separate ways. You can join the SAS from the Navy if you choose to and you can join the SBS from the Army if you choose.
There is another group that works alongside the SAS called the Special Boat Service (SBS) which specialises in surveillance and reconnaissance missions with a focus on marine operations. The initial training is the same as the SAS with the addition of swimming and marine operations training, with the majority of new recruits coming from the Royal Marines. Most of the training, missions and personal is classified, so it rare for the UK Government to make any comment on a SBS operation or accept they were even in the area.
Everyone does specialty training after selection. Mountain troop go on and do advanced mountaineering after and so on. Selection is basically the sf version of depot. It's just to get you into the reg and then after that they go on and specialise. The only difference is the sbs take lead and maritime ops and sas ground. That doesn't mean one doesn't do the other as the theatre dictates the job role but it's really just planning. The sbs were basically just there for underwater demolitions. They weren't sas level until telic if I remember. Same with 14 intel becoming the SRR and SFSG becoming official. Before then it was just 1 Para and some bootnecks. They renamed, changed and amalgamated everything to take the load of SAS which is why the sbs do the same selection because they both do exactly the same jobs and rotate from each other. The only difference is who does the planning. I also wouldn't call the sbs secret because they jib away on podcasts more than the seals.
Steve, I strongly recommend a book by Andy McNab called Bravo Two Zero. These silly info-graphics things don't say much. You can even get the BBC film called Bravo Two Zero here on youtube I think. I'll give you an example from the book - they had to carry 200 lbs of gear in the Iraqi desert. When it all went tits up they had a 90 mile tab (walk/run/walk/run) to Syria to try to escape. Read the book Steve. I am serious, great book.
Remote control
Is another good one
Not SAS admittedly but this sums it up well I think. It may be apocryphal but I like it all the same. As the story goes, in Korea the US Marine Corps had a base next to the Royal Marines. The US marines erected a sign at the entrance saying 'Second to None'.
Next day a sign appeared at the Royal Marines base entrance which simply read 'None'.
Yes Britain / UK not just England.
Quite a few people have died on the mountains in Wales on that 40mile hike
The weather is very changeable Welch hills are more like small mountains.
Sir Archibald David Stirling DSO OBE (15 November 1915 - 4 November 1990) creator of the SAS, his en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stirling is historically accurate.
When originally founded in WW2, during the North Africa desert campaign, the unit was given the name L Detachment Special Air Service as a deception to make Germans think they were parachutists and wonder where Detachments A to K might be.
In fact, rhe first raid by SAS was by parachute drop, but went disastrously wrong. In later actions they were ferried to & from their targets by the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG), another special unit founded a year earlier, until the SAS got their own transport and learned desert navigation skills. Eventually, the L Detachment part of the name was dropped and the unit was expanded to 2 regiments. SAS & LRDG were disbanded at the end of the war, but SAS was resurrected in the 1950s.
Steve, if you can get it in the USA you might want to check out SAS Rouge Hero’s, a dramatisation on the history and formation of the SAS.
Rogue Heroes....
... they weren't red!🤣🤣 Darned predictive text!
😂 typing with one hand on iPad 😀👍Tis all good
You check out the Royal Marines Beating Retreat. You like the the Light Division Sounding Retreat.
AWSOME VID MAN BIG LOVE FROM THE UK PLEASE REACT TO THE ELECTRIAN MAN (WHEN THE RAF TROLLED THE GERMANS) WITH THE MOSCITO IN WW2 YOU WILL LOVE IT
hi steve defensive driving is in normal cars as it will be used in the protection scenarios for v.i.p.,s. The ultimate out come is a person who is mentally strong and physically superfit selfreliant and able to use multiple weapons and make weapons from household products.
My Grandad was asked to do the training to join the SAS in the WW2 but sadly (or maybe luckily) he was injured. He joined up volunteerily and served in most of the war but his injury made him miss the the last few months. He really didn't like to talk about the war (which I completely understand) so it was hard to get information about it but we're very proud of him.
Steve you should do a live every now and again so that we can answer your questions in real time. It would be great to do a Q&A maybe at a weekend when most people are around!
It's definitely something I've thought about! Hopefully I can in the near future. :)
@reactingtomyroots it would be great all round! I can't be the only one yelling at the screen whenever you ask something and getting frustrated we can't give you the answers straight away 😂 thank you for all the great videos! Love to everyone!
*The actual grandfather of all special forces was the Army Special Boat Section, created the year before the SAS. Both founded by Scots. Its current identity is the SBS, arguably the most secretive unit of the armed forces.*
erm...Major Roger Courtney who founded the Special Boat section was born and educated in England, from Leeds. I've read the book: "SBS In World War Two: The Dramatic Story of the Original Special Boat Squadron", which was written by his brother, Lieutenant-Colonel G.B. Courtney. Not sure where the claim for him being Scottish comes from ?
The SBS was founded by Roger Courtney, an Englishman. Blondie Hasler, one of those often credited with the origins of the SBS, was born in Dublin and raised in Portsmouth. However, Courtney did effectively create the SBS in 1941 whilst training in Scotland. The SAS was founded by David Sterling, definitely a Scot, but it was also made what it is under the command of Paddy Mayne, a Northern Irishman and the ingenuity of John "Jock" Lewes, a half Australian Brit who was born in British India, raised in Australia and served in the Welsh Guards. Both the SAS and SBS also adopted a huge amount from the Chindits, formed by the Englishman Archibald Wavell and the British Indian Orde Windell. Windell developed so much of how our UKSF operate in the jungle today as well as the "hearts and minds" techniques utilised by many SF worldwide. Not saying you were doing this, but I find it a little frustrating when people try to claim some sort of nationalistic pride from our UK SF as, in my opinion, the creation of UKSF in WWII shows the best of our collaborative efforts as "British". Most of those early pioneers saw themselves as being "British" first rather than uniquely Scottish or English or whatever.
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Yeah, no. The Army Special Boat Service was created in Scotland, and consisted of volunteers from the Army Commandos, mostly Scots Guards, who were training in Scotland. Roger Courtney was one of the first volunteers, with his brother also prevalent in its initial operations. His unit would eventually be absorbed by the Special Boat Section, due to high losses and poor decisions.
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No one person founded the Special Forces known now as the SAS or SBS. David Sterling came up with the concept of a unit specifically for hit & run attacks on airfields and oil depots. And he would be its initial C.O. The majority of volunteers were Scots Guards, who had been in training for similar commando missions. The army commandos, Marine commandos would see mergers with the Argylls (Sutherland Highlanders) several times before the Royal Marine Commandos being formed, who were partnered with the Army Special Boat Service. Becoming (after several name changes and periods were the units were broken up) the SBS we recognise today. *Maybe you shouldn't rely on Wikipedia for your rebuttals.*
Does it really matter what nationality . I'm guessing the people they rescue etc ain't bothered 😅
Hi Steve The SAS actually train the rest of the worlds special forces including the USA Navy Seals.
Also their training ground in South Wales is the Brecon Beacons mountain Range and from what I understand it is also in some of the UK's worst weather conditions too you also need to check out Ghurka training too that will astound you
Try looking into the SBS. This is the Special Boat Squadron, the naval equivalent. the SAS is the army.
The endurance part of this often happens here in South Wales in the Bannau Brycheiniog mountains. It's a gorgeous place but holy crap, it's in the middle of nowhere and relatively exposed. No real flat lands so it's really good for testing that sorta thing.
I live further south on the coast but I've ridden on horseback through some of the local valleys and it's very easy to land up far from home and get lost if you're unfamiliar with the place.
With respect to chocolate or other candy; for one the conditions here generally allow it, speculating from my own point of view, it's small, calorie dense and can give a virtually immediate energy boost to keep one going. I recently got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes than I'm fighting off, but I find myself in situations where I HAVE to have something like this otherwise I get ill. The whole reason is to raise blood sugars and get that fast boost of energy.
Steve, the SAS is a branch of the army, not the Air Force. They are called the Special Air Service because they often parachute in at the start of a mission. They developed a technique called HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) where they freefall from an aircraft at high altitude and wait until they are low to the ground before they deploy the parachute... makes it harder for the enemy to detect them.
There's a history of special forces going back to the dawn of time, but in modern times I think the Commandoes came just before the SAS, Sir David Stirling who founded the SAS was actually a Commando himself, there's an excellent 3 part documentary about the formation of the SAS called 'SAS Rogue Warriors', and there is a TV mini series of the formation too called 'SAS Rogue Heroes' but that is a dramatisation based on the real events.
Steve have a look at a documentary on my relative Paddy Mayne. It’s an eye opener for sure!
Those hills they talk about are the three peaks in Wales that they cross in 3 days, most people take a lot longer than that
3 peaks is very different.
Selection is done in the Brecon beacons.
Snowdon is in North Wales. (a long way from Brecon)
theres no similarity other than both areas have big hills.
Im really grateful that you looked at our training mate, I hate it when Americans say that navy seals training is way harder. In some ways it may be but ours is brutal.
In UK we also have sbs which is the special boat service
Check a video on Australian SAS selection, called "The Search for Warriors".
Similar to the UK's selection process for SAS and SBS.
The New Zealand SAS selection also follows a similar system.
If you are able to, I would recommend watching SAS: Who dares wins, it's a condensed version of the training where you can see some of the stuff they have to go through in training
Mars chocolate bars are for energy boost. Full of glucose to give you that burst of energy.
Also you are on your own on the initial tests to check your mental ability and being able to get out of situations on your own. When you're in a real-life situation where you have to get from point A to point B, you won't always have the luxury of a group of friends with you and you need to remember landmarks, so not only can you track which route you took, but also to gather intelligence along your way.
Defensive driving is using a standard car you will find on the road. How to get into one, start it up and the driving to go around and escape situations and avoid capture. There is no use using a military vehicle for that when they will not be available to you on the streets.
The SAS is an army unit - the "air" part is that they generally "come in flying", dropping from helicopters and parachutes. The SBS (Special Boat Service) is the direct Navy equivalent.
There's a decent bit of information about the SAS in the book I sent to you, as well as there being info on the creation of Delta Force, Seal Team Six and the FBI Hostage Recscue Team. Hope that helps. Matt
You need to do much more British Military videos
Are you open to watching longer videos? I remember the pendle witch one was an hour and fifteen minutes.
In alot of special forces selection they'll throw alot of temptation to see how self disciplined you are.
The whole of phase 1 you have to navigate by just map and compass too.
If your looking for more on this you should seek out SAS the soldiers story a documentary from the 90s covering them from 1941-1993.
Also look up Operation Barras(covers the SAS rescue of british troops taken hostage in sierra Leone) and Operation Nimrod(the rescue of hostages from the iranian embassy in 1980)
Love your channel. But, the comments is why I am here
It’s worth saying that the SAS, while not the first special forces, they are the model used by the rest, train the rest and train their armies (and often serve in unofficial capacity in many places). There is also a New Zealand and Australian SAS, and the Aussies fought in Vietnam. It was said the enemy forces were scared of the Aussies as unlike Americans, they were on patrol for extended periods. You should look up a series called Decisive Weapons and how US helicopters won the war for Vietnam.
As for the qualification for joining the U.K. special forces, and an enlisted soldier, you need to be an NCO with at least three years left to serve. It’s a bit different for officers, but the methods of selection, especially during Endurance were created by Jock Lewes (pronounced Lewis) in WW2, and the reasons for not passing remain the same as well. It’s up to you to pass selection, if you don’t pass it means you didn’t really want it. Also, completing the final test in a record time doesn’t mean you want it enough and you can still fail. The physical side is probably the smallest part of it. The video is kinda accurate, it’s the basics as are known publicly because they change things when someone shares whatever the current methods are so that everyone who applies is on the same level at the start with no advantage
I was in the army, but the infantry, and I once spent half an hour in their old barracks in Hereford. It was a very funny short visit and when you wandered off the path directed, a window opened and they asked where you going, pointing you back on the approved route. We tried it twice to have a look around, and the second time they told us to stop F-ing about.
My father was head of security at Shackleton army barracks Northern Ireland. This was during the troubled time when the IRA was bombing, shooting, mortars and snipers. In the barracks itself soldiers who were not married or with their family lived in the barracks. Naturally they used cars to travel around when off duty. These were always sold before they were moved on to a different tour of duty.
Well with my dad being head hocho my brother's and I always got the pick of the crop.
I bought many cars from squaddies.
One time I went to meet a soldier about a MK2 escort 2 door. And at the gate signing in I was given directions. Remember not many people could enter these camps. So I was one of the lucky ones. I went with 2 friends and my brother.
Well the camp is massive large runway facing the Lough foyle. We ended up going too far right and on its own about 1/2 mile from everything was a barracks on its own. As we got nearer 4 cars came fast towards us. And surrounded the car, forcing us to stop. Naturally we were wondering what was going on, we had permission. It was the SAS part of the large camp we were going towards, we didn't know. But they jumped out, hand guns, rifles and had us putting our hands up, getting out of the car. Was scary at the time. Asking what we were doing etc. They said we were encroaching in a no go zone. Not even the other soldiers in the camp could come down there. They told us where to go and we're polite. But I wouldn't have liked to be on the wrong side of that encounter if we were an enemy. My dad had a good laugh, he found out before we even made it back home and that was a 3 mile journey. Needless to say he took LD us a few things about where we went and never mentioned it again until now. That camp is no longer in use so I can mention it.
Well done for spotting the "England" mistake. Yes they cover the entire UK. The course is brutal - more brutal than being a POW - and only the very toughest complete it. With the final boot camp, it's both training and a guard against complacency. You finish the course and then you get complacent, you go home.
The video was put together by a partly US youtube channel, hence SAS protect England because England id Britain and England is the UK as we all know.
There are some fascinating books on the early days of the SAS.
The early recruits were an incredible group of rebels, adventurers, survivalists and individualists.
It's a tough course mentally and seperates those who really want it and those who just don't have the right mindset.
All of uk is answer as Britain does not just consist of england but also Scotland, n ireland and wales.👍
But England is the best
SAS is part of the Army . The Navy and RAF have their own special units . Love the show
SAS iron self control and cool head in action and their well disciplined teamwork are second to none.
Reference to Mars Bars is because they used to come in a 24 hr Rat Pack 👍
You could pick any one of the SAS/SBS video missions to see how good they really are...They shine in all of them...The best in the world and standard by which every elite special force is judged I believe
Mars bars are packed with energy that releases relatively slowly, making them ideal for a boost on the go.
My girlfriend sue lived at a little cottage in the middle of nowwhere in mid wales ( The Wern) all on her own , she used to have SAS wandering around on the E and E sction all the time , she sometimes invited em in and cooked em a full english and a hot cuppa tea and then sent em off with a few chock bars . If they dont get caught doing it dont count ,
INtresting fact .A recent report from War on Want called the UK the globe’s “mercenary kingpin”, and found that no fewer than 14 private military and security companies are based in Hereford. That number is growing, and has made this 60,000-strong city a major hub for an industry which has boomed during the “war on terror”. .
Theres also The Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) based around a core component of members of the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), with additional troops from the Royal Marines and the RAF regiment. The SFSG provides specialised support to United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF) operations.
Checkout 2000 Sierra Leone 'Operation Barras', in which elements of 1 PARA attacked a rebel base whilst the SAS/SBS rescued fellow soldiers from a nearby camp.
One particular Hereford based security company was called Security Advisory Services.......
Even our Royal Navy have to do the hikes alone(as a group) and get to the destination on time and in shape. My OH isn't a fan when he has to do the days long hikes, as it is usually raining and there is no tent
That definitely takes an extra level of fortitude compared to hiking with others.
Last bit about interrogation was incorrect. Name, rank and number and nothing else is wrong. They are expected to withhold all information for as long as possible. If your life is under threat you're expected to divulge enough info to keep you alive and valuable to your captors but not enough to blow the plans. All the time you'd be expectant of other SAS colleagues tracking you down and releasing you.
Sabre Squadron / Hereford?
Members of both the SAS and the SBS were deployed during the Falklands conflict to carry out covert intelligence activities. I.E. reconnoitring the Argentine troops deployment 16:55 and accommodation in the field. The SAS element would have been sent in via an air drop by helicopter or by a parachute drop, utilising a technique known as HALO or High Altitude/ Low Opening. This involves jumping from a plane at extremely high almost airless altitude and skydiving to extremely low altitude before opening the parachute canopy, which minimises the risk of detection by radar. Can result in injuries from hard landings or in some insertions they can land in the sea and get tangled up and die. The SBS favour to deploy via submarines and either small rubber boats or by underwater swimming so that the submarine can remain undetected at all times and remain available for extraction or for further support with supplies. Both of these two special forces are trained in operating in small groups of 3 or 4 soldiers but can also cooperate by working in groups of their basic squad sizes. The size of the squad was determined by the size capacity of the vehicles that were made available to them and with the constant possibility of capture or death , every team member of a squad has to be capable of fulfilling the role of all the rest of his squad members. The SAS in particular saw service in the Northern Ireland area which many times resulted in having to work under covert conditions either literally living out in the countryside or by living in a small house or even going out of their base and driving around in known areas that were frequently used by the members of both the groups involved in the conflict. So they didn’t look to be in the military they would be permitted to wear civilian clothing and long hair styles, but they were always at risk of discovery which is why they are taught advanced driving techniques in order to escape if recognised or identified. There have been events where members have been recognised and trapped and attacked mainly by large groups that have resulted in the beating and even the death of SAS members it fortunately not in large numbers.
The SAS and SBS were inserted by submarine during the Falklands Conflict. They went in several weeks prior to the main force arriving from the UK. Helicopter insertion would have been too noisy, and any aircraft carrying out a HALO drop would be detectable by radar......
We have 21 SAS in Scotland,i live a few miles from the camp
My husband and I were part of the Quiet Special/Elite Service. Overseas. Husband is still the longest serving CP trainer. I was their Admin at HQ. We took over several SAS posts in Africa and the Middle East.
You seen The Band of Brothers? They spent time training on our camp in Hampshire.
Check out the Battle of mirbat in 1972 i think in the omani desert i think there was 9 sas v 300
A lot of what is mentioned is only the tip of the iceberg even the tv shows are only a very small taste of what happens, but in the real training and once your in there is no shouting like the regular army.
One SAS soldier said when the day comes when you can’t do your job, it’s time to leave. As not only are you putting yourself in danger but your whole team in danger too.
Watch the "recruiting of the Gurkha Regiment", ( not the video title btw) why & how these special soldiers are chosen through selection centres and how important they are, not only to the ranks of the British Army but to the soldiers families and the pride they show.... if chosen !
Please watch a video on Obi Wan Nairobi to see how bad ass these guys are.
My grandad was in the SAS and served behind enemy lines in the Burma war